Interactive grammar exercise (subject-verb agreement)
from “The Flower in Prison” Part 1
Multiple-choice quiz
Select the correct answer from the choices presented.
The bandits ______ to sell Ok Nyeo and their other female captives to slave traders from Ming.
plan
plans
Tae Won begins thinking that Ok Nyeo ______ as a slave to Ming.
has already been sold
have already been sold
Sung Ji Heon takes care of Ok Nyeo and ______ the Bureau of Law Enforcement and the Royal Secretariat that she is alive.
does not inform
do not inform
Lord Yoon offers to Tae Won any government position he wants; with the Queen Mother’s approval, discrimination against illegitimates ______ now banned.
is
are
Ok Nyeo ______ to be a spirit-possessed fortuneteller.
pretends
pretend
Inside a cave, Ok Nyeo and Sung Ji Heon ______ Park Tae Soo’s treasure chest filled with gold.
find
finds
The former Chief Warden and Woo Chi ______ Officer Joo into thinking that his bribe-taking activities have been found out by the authorities.
trick
tricks
Sung Hwan Wook is found guilty, and all his trade goods and wealth ______ confiscated.
are ordered
is ordered
Sung Ji Heon thus ______ vengeance against Lord Yoon and Tae Woon.
vows
vow
The Queen Mother imposes on the King a list of officials that she ______ to be promoted.
wants
want
Everyone (Police Bureau Chief Sung Ji Heon, Treasurer Ji, and Chun Doong) ______to help Ok Nyeo in their own way.